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Ok. But if "Western-style billionaires" provide peace and prosperity, don't leave us hanging on what's causing all the misery and poverty!
by beepbooptheory 10mo ago
Ok. But if "Western-style billionaires" provide peace and prosperity, don't leave us hanging on what's causing all the misery and poverty!
- theturtlemoves 10mo agoI'd say media and advertising are the most likely. I'm pretty happy with the products I buy, I get good value. No complaints on the billionaires from me
- Cthulhu_ 10mo agoI'm happy for you that you're middle class and can afford your daily livelihood. See you later when that's no longer the case.
- GuinansEyebrows 10mo agobillionaires run the media and advertising industries.
- beepbooptheory 10mo agoWhat if, hypothetically, in order to fix or otherwise rid ourselves of the media and advertising we had to accept the disappearance of the billionaires? Would it be worth it?
- gordian-mind 10mo agoWho radicalized you? Was it the media ran by the billionaires, or some other third thing?
- BadBadJellyBean 10mo agoYou are aware that billionaires are a very much controlling advertising and media? There is no neutral 3rd party that advertises other peoples products just to shake things up.
- gordian-mind 10mo agoPoverty is the default state of humanity. Also, a lot of misery comes from people having misguided worldviews, getting slowly radicalized by untrue assumptions.